Beany and Cecil was created by animator Bob Clampett.
Clampett originally created the series as a TV puppet show called Time for Beany, which ran from February 28, 1949 to 1954. Time for Beany featured the talents of veteran voice actors Stan Freberg as Cecil and Dishonest John, and Daws Butler as Beany and Uncle Captain.

Issue #1 is Four Color Comics #368. #2 is #414; #3 is #448; #4 is #477; #5 is #530; #6 is 570 and #7 is #635.